UPDATE: Canada PM To Attend Copenhagen Climate Summit
(Updates throughout with more detail.)
OTTAWA -(Dow Jones)- Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper will attend the
Copenhagen climate summit next month, a cabinet minister confirmed Thursday.
Harper and other government officials will "forcefully argue for a strong
agreement" in Copenhagen, Transport Minister John Baird said.
"We believe that agreement must be effective, we believe an agreement must be
ambitious and must include all emitters, Mr. Speaker," Baird said during
question period in the House of Commons.
He said the government is working very closely with the U.S. Administration on
the issue because of the integrated nature of the two economies.
-By Nirmala Menon, Dow Jones Newswires; 613-237-0668; nirmala.menon@
dowjones.com
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